Canadian Rahneva takes 2nd skeleton win ...
VANCOUVER, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Home athlete Mirela Rahneva celebrated her second victory of the 2018/2019 season at the BMW IBSF World Cup, finishing one minute and 54.52 seconds in the women's skele
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Canadian Rahneva takes 2nd skeleton win ...
VANCOUVER, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Home athlete Mirela Rahneva celebrated her second victory of the 2018/2019 season at the BMW IBSF World Cup, finishing one minute and 54.52 seconds in the women's skele
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China among eight seeds for FIBA Basketb...
PARIS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Eight seeded teams for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 draw, including host China, have been confirmed after FIBA updated its World Ranking Men on Tuesday following the conc
Kerr named Australian women's football c...
SYDNEY, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia has appointed goal scoring prodigy Sam Kerr to captain national women's side, the Matildas, ahead of this years World Cup in France. The 25-year-old rose to prom
Education quality still cause for concer...
DHAKA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Despite Bangladesh's remarkable success in bringing nearly all children to primary school, the education quality remains a concern, a World Bank report said. The World Deve
Olympic champion Kipruto looks to break ...
NAIROBI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto has warned world record holder Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar that his mark of 7:53.63 is coming down in 2019. Speaking in E
Kenya's Rudisha doubtful to compete at W...
NAIROBI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha of Kenya is doubtful if he will be ready for the World Championships, which will be staged in Doha, Qatar in October. The 29-year-old
China to test new pairs at FINA Diving W...
TOKYO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Led by Olympic champions Shi Tingmao, Chen Aisen and Cao Yuan, China's diving team aims to test new pairs at the 2019 FINA Diving World Series from March 1 to 3 in Sagamiha
Steeplechaser Chepkoech eyes World Cross...
NAIROBI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- World 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech is hopeful this new season will see her strike three titles. Despite making the Kenyan team to the World Cross
Spotlight: World experts expect greater ...
BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- As the annual sessions of China's top legislative and advisory bodies approach, world experts look forward to a greater role of China in improving global governance. Will
Chinese women's footballers target "a st...
ALBUFEIRA, Portugal, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women's footballers Wang Shanshan and Liu Shanshan hope to move beyond the quarterfinals that they registered four years ago at the upcoming FIFA Wome
Olympic bobsleigh champion Jamanka on tr...
OTTAWA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic champion in the two-women bobsleigh Mariama Jamanka of Germany is on track to win her first World Championships gold half way through proceedings at the IBSF W
Chinese 'Steel Roses' target 'a step fur...
The Chinese women's soccer team are hoping to surpass their performance at the last FIFA Women's World Cup in France, when they made it to the quarterfinals. Prior to Saturday's practice session in A
China reigns supreme in FINA Diving Worl...
The invincible Chinese juggernaut continued to roll on unchallenged in the second day of the inaugural leg of the FINA/CNSG Diving World Series, currently underway in Sagamihara, Japan. In the women'
Wu Dajing, Fan Kexin to lead Chinese tea...
BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China's short track speed skating team departed from Beijing to Sofia, Bulgaria for the world championships on Sunday morning. Team head coach Li Yan released the roster,
Xu, Wang claim aerials World Cup trophie...
CHANGCHUN, China, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The 2018/19 FIS freestyle ski aerials World Cup wrapped up at Shimao Lotus Mountain in China on Sunday, as the most decorated local skier Xu Mengtao stormed to h
World Bank to provide 1.9 bln USD to Jor...
AMMAN, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank will provide 1.9 billion U.S. dollars to Jordan over the next two years to support the country's reforms, state-run Petra news agency reported on Monday. The